The Sinister Urge [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Rob Zombie

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 13, 2001)
• Original Release Date: November 13, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Umvd Labels
• ASIN: B00005RRKR
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #258,474 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
With The Sinister Urge, Rob Zombie again wraps his rasp around a thunderous blend of heavy grooves powered by human and electronic drums. Creepy touches of theremin and keyboards add goth accents, while the clever arrangements adorn melodies that are irresistibly catchy yet plenty aggressive. The lyrics are set firmly in a horror realm; with titles such as "House of 1,000 Corpses" and "Scum of the Earth," one wouldn't anticipate tender love songs. Zombie scatters about sound bites from monster movies for good measure--an apt touch, but with the album clocking in at less than 40 minutes, there's a bit too much filler. Still, with highlights such as "Bring Her Down" with its spine- tingling orchestration, the hard-driving "Dead Girl Superstar" (featuring Slayer guitarist Kerry King), and "Feel So Numb," Zombie generates much genuine excitement. --Gail Flug

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Disk, but not enough, November 26, 2001

By	J-po (Grand Forks, ND United States) - See all my reviews

Sinister Surge has several really strong tracks. Instead of just copying what worked on "Hellbilly" and "Dragula," he pounds out great song after great song.

Some of my personal favorites are:
"Dead Girl Superstar" which has a tremendous guitar riff
"Crippletown" which is slower, but doesn't lose it's edge
"Iron Head" which is a duet with Ozzy
"Feel So Numb" which has the coolest sample off the disk (from Manos the Hands of Fate)
and "Demond Speeding" which can be downloaded off of this site.

There were a few problems with this CD, however. Several of the tracks are non-musical samples from old horror movies. There is nothing wrong with that, except when the number of those is close to the number of real songs. The CD run time is about 35 minutes, too short. He pounds out song after song, and then just ends.

Good hidden track, however. The bonus disk which comes with this ASIN isn't all that spectacular. The only really good song comes from the up and coming group "Soil."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cooper, I mean Zombie Cd, November 20, 2001

By	Matthew Cunningham "luckyzsquirrel" (lakewood, co United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Minus Scum of the Earth and Dead Girl Superstar this cd sounds more like the newer Alice Cooper work than old school zombie (minus Rob's vocals of course). This is not a bad thing, quite frankly it is awesome, its nice to hear an artist change his sound, and these songs have a groove that the previous work did not have. The only ones I don't like are Never Going to Stop (it lacks a good grove, and isn't very heavy) and Iron Head (the duo with Ozzy is cool, but Zombie sounding like Disturbed is not cool).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Sinister Urge is to Rock to the Superbeast, November 14, 2001

By	"wendigoky" (Winchester, Kentucky United States) - See all my reviews

This is a good album. I have always liked the Superbeast, from his days with White Zombie to his more electronic-oriented music now. This album really builds on the sort of groove he's best known for, and the last song House of 1000 Corpses is my favorite as of this moment, but it is sure to rotate as I re-listen to the cd. This is a perfect compliment to his first release and a definite must-have for the car.